Realme GT 7 (Global) vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
83
out of 100
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85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Realme GT 7 (Global) (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400e) that was released on May 27, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 7 (Global)
- Comes with 3418 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 3582 mAh
- Shows 22% longer battery life (34:22 vs 28:13 hours)
- 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2505K versus 1801K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Delivers 21% higher peak brightness (1751 against 1446 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 64% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3591 and 2184 points
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2780 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 239 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
GT 7 (Global)
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.42 mm (6.39 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 76.13 mm (3 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.4/5) | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9400e | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15981 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 2184 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 7300 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 734964 | 555276 |
| GPU | 830537 | 546980 |
| Memory | 358578 | 176885 |
| UX | 581728 | 522035 |
| Total score | 2505807 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [30 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 59% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1916 | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 33 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 27 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8040 | 7585 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17009 | - |
| Video editing | 6480 | - |
| Photo editing | 26452 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15003 | - |
| Writing score | 22746 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#148th place)
Recent User Tests
Realme GT 7 (Global)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Ravi) | AnTuTu 12 | 2679312 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (mrkiup89) | AnTuTu 12 | 2652753 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Aziz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2571021 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> Regenis0 | AnTuTu 12 | 2579291 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (montyy) | AnTuTu 11 | 2483073 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Realme UI 6.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 15 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:36 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | 800 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 18:23 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 22:53 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 09:51 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 113 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (17th and 85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 47 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | May 2025 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $749 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on GT 7 (Global):
- The Dream Edition is thicker at 8.73 mm and 5 grams heavier.
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Realme GT 7 (Global).
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